Searcher Trip Reports

Hello anglers:

Late today we should have some observations from Guadalupe Island as Captain Art and the anglers arrive to the fishing area soon. Stay tuned! 

Co-sponsors from Izorline (Wendy Tochihara) and Turner’s Outdoorsman (Lori Sachau) are aboard as well for great representation and giveaways!

Good evening anglers: Today we enjoyed some “reel” nice bluefin fishing with calm seas. This afternoon things changed a little..we are catching fish on the fly-line with 30# and 40# and 2/0 hooks. Quite a few also came on surface jigs and small Colt Snipers. It was a lot of fun!

Want to review all these techniques and tackle? Click here: TACKLE TIPS FOR BLUEFIN AND MORE!

Here is a good shot of Greg B with a 78 lb bluefin.Congrats!

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher

Good evening anglers:

This afternoon we finished up our yellowtail fishing with a bang with limits of fun in the sun and calm seas. The yellows were biting the fly-lined baits very well, most using 30 lb test and 2/0 hooks. Tomorrow we will try our hand at some bluefin fishing. Wish us good luck. Here is a shot of John Etheridge with a nice yellowtail.

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher

Good afternoon anglers:

We are enjoying good yellowtail fishing today!. Our best results have been on yo-yo iron, 6x jrs blue and white, and brown and white. Here is a nice shot of Beth L. and crewman Justin with a yellowtail.

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher

Good evening anglers:

For day 3 of our Seeker trip, we fished bluefin tuna with some fair results on beautiful grade fish. The best methods to get a bite was flylining with 40 or 50lb test and a 3/0 hook.

Craig G, his daughter Lisa, and son Ryan worked as a family to catch this 75# bluefin. The fish was landed on the SONAR rod and reel gift that Craig received as the grand prize for 2018. And this trip was his free 3-day trip that he won in addition to the rod/reel combo. Bring a friend fishing and win, like Craig did in 2018! Get all the details here: SONAR

We would like to give a big thank you to Seeker Fishing Rods and pro-staffer Sophia H. for all their giveaways on this trip.

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher

Good afternoon anglers:

We started off our morning fishing for bluefin. We have had a little luck getting them to bite on 40lb fly-lined baits and flat falls.

Want to review how to use flat fall lures? Click here: TACKLE TIP on FLAT FALLS

Here is Chantel D. with a 75lb. bluefin caught on her spinning rod. Chantel is trying her hand at tuna fishing and came to San Diego long-range from British Columbia, Canada. We are gonna stay here for the day and see what happens. Wish us luck!

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher